This Is the Army (1943)

It's your own army - in the army's own show!

In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a knew all-soldier show, called THIS IS THE ARMY. But in his pesonal life he has problems, because he refuses to marry his fiancée until the war is over.

Cast (39)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

George Murphy

Jerry Jones

Joan Leslie

Eileen Dibble

George Tobias

Maxie Twardofsky

Alan Hale

Sergeant McGee

Charles Butterworth

Eddie Dibble

Dolores Costello

Mrs. Davidson

Una Merkel

Rose Dibble

Stanley Ridges

John Davidson

Rosemary DeCamp

Ethel Jones

Ruth Donnelly

Mrs. O'Brien

Dorothy Peterson

Mrs. Nelson

Frances Langford

Herself

Gertrude Niesen

World War One Vocalist

Kate Smith

Herself

Ronald Reagan

Johnny Jones

Joe Louis

Joe Louis

Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin (uncredited)

Dan Dailey

Soldier (uncredited)

Richard Farnsworth

Soldier (uncredited)

Gary Merrill

Backstage MP on Right (uncredited)

Gene Nelson

Soldier (uncredited)

Hayden Rorke

Soldier / Stage Manager (uncredited)

J

James Cross

Stump

Alan Dexter

Soldier (uncredited)

Tom D'Andrea

Tom D'Andrea

Herbert Anderson

Danny Davidson

John Daheim

Soldier (uncredited)

Richard Irving

Mandy In Yellow Dress (uncredited)

Henry Jones

Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

Woman in D.C. Audience (uncredited)

Richard Reeves

Moore's Son's Dance Partner - 'Ladies of Chorus' (uncredited)

Ernest Truex

Soldier's Father (uncredited)

J

Julie Oshins

William Roerick

Mr. Green

Ross Elliott

Officer in Magician Skit

Alan Manson

Hunting Skit Straight Man /Jane Cowl

Irving Bacon

Waiter (uncredited)

Richard Crane

Sergeant on Field March (uncredited)

Doodles Weaver

Soldier (uncredited)

If you liked This Is the Army, you might also like…

90% match

Buck Privates

1941

84% match

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

1966

85% match

No Time for Sergeants

1958

82% match

Kelly's Heroes

1970

75% match

Carry On Sergeant

1958

72% match

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

66% match

You Can't Win 'Em All

1970

65% match

A Song Is Born

1948

63% match

Animal Crackers

1930

60% match

Airheads

1994

60% match

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

1968

60% match

The Big Store

1941

60% match

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

1960

60% match

Hot Shots! Part Deux

1993

60% match

Gunga Din

1939

60% match

Soul Men

2008

60% match

The Devil's Disciple

1959

60% match

Duck Soup

1933

60% match

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

1978

60% match

Back to the Beach

1987

Similar films

Pearl Harbor

2001

The Black Parachute

1944

The Tin Drum

1979

The Great Escape

2017

The English Patient

1996

The Pianist

2002

Das Boot

1981

Full Metal Jacket

1987

Stalag 17

1953

Soldier of Orange

1977

In China They Eat Dogs

1999

Stolen Kisses

1968